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Guild Wars 1 I played the original GW1 back in high school, I still have my 2 install discs in that CD binder every 30-something has, sitting next two my 2 Lord of the Rings Online discs from around the same time.

We've read a lot of books with the kiddo over the last few years, but Lobel's Frog and Toad short stories from the 70s are my (and his) favorites right now.

Once a man has changed the relationship between himself and his environment, he cannot return to the blissful ignorance he left.

So between a past coworker's recent recommendation, antirez's Don't fall into the anti-AI hype post a week ago, and the internet not shutting up about how good Opus 4.5 is since it released in Nov, I decided to give Claude a try.

Added a canvas to the grid for fun.

I don't game nearly as much these days, what with competing hobbies and responsibilities (I'm looking at you 1473 hrs in dota 2, 402 hrs in factorio, and however many days in ffxiv).

I'm taking another swing at artifacts for its 6th season.

During week 0, I started working on my Sherwalk idea from project ideas i.

Nothing like writing how your site is built (and a little free time) to make you want to completely redo everything.

After updating the dictionary used by my booggle app, I noticed several words had been removed.

As mentioned in an update on last week, I left my job.

It has been an amazing 11.5 (!)

wrapped If I've learned anything from seeing my spotify history over the years, it's that video games have a lot of really talented music composers — Masayoshi Soken (FFXIV), Piotr Musiał (Frostpunk), and Danny Baranowsky (Crypt of the Necrodancer) to name

Technological advance is an inherently iterative process.

If our society seems more nihilistic than that of previous eras, perhaps this is simply a sign of our maturity as a sentient species.

Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together, a geometric effect on overall military strength.

Urza and the Kor My foray into magic began with the Call of the Kor deck from Stronghold (1998).

And so we return again to the holy void.

There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the boundaries of knowledge, and the revolutionary leap of genius which redefines and transcends those boundaries.

I The fifth ffxiv expansion, Dawntrail, releases in exactly three weeks on June 28 and I'm excited to continue the adventure.